Daniel


Hi my name is Daniel. I am in the extension maths class 2010 at Taradale Intermediate School. This is my wikispace page about maths. Maths is one of my favourite subjects along with sport.

Glossary

Graphs

· A cluster is when a group of data are close together.
· An outlier is when a piece of data is far away from a group of data.
· A trend is when a group of data has a pattern.
· Multivariate data is when data has more than one variable.
· A variable is when something is not consistent.
· A sample is a piece of data to practice on.
· Surveying is when someone asks questions about a certain topic to other people.
· A pattern in data is when groups of data make up a pattern.
· A relationship in data is when a group of data is connected in some way.
· A tally chart is used to count discrete data.
· A frequency table shows the frequency of data.
· A pictograph is a type of graph using pictures instead of bars, lines etc.
· A bar graph is a graph that shows data in bars. There are four types of bar graphs and they are a histogram, a column graph, vertical graph and a double bar graph.
· A histogram is a type of bar graph that joins up data.
· A strip graph is a type of graph that is a strip which divides data.
· A pie graph is a type of graph that is used to measure percentages.
· A dot plot is a type of graph that uses dots to measure specific data.
· A stem and leaf graph is a type of graph that has a “stem” in the middle and numbers coming off the side.
· A scatter plot is a type of graph that only uses numerical data.
· A box and whisker graph is a type of graph that finds the lowest, lower quartile, middle, upper quartile and highest number.
· A line graph or time series data are types of graphs that measures continuous data.
· The mean is when all the numbers are add up and divided by the amount of numbers you added together.
· The median is the middle number when all numbers are put in order from smallest to largest.
· The mode is when two of the same value equals the same.
· An implication is a recommendation for someone.
· A conclusion is the end result.
· A generalization is a general sum up.
· A range is between the highest and lowest number in a set of data.
· An interquartile range are the numbers between the first quarter and third quarter numbers.
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